Lore[]
“ | Jakkad's people were skeptical when I first stumbled into their city. But they knew his name and then... Shemites! My countrymen! Familiar faces. Some recognized my face, but I quieted them with a glance. [...] The Exiled Lands are a fearsome place, but the people have managed to build something. I have spoken with men who have been here for a score of years. they told me of the Purge, when soldiers ride through the land, slaying and pillaging. They have told me of the sandstorms that arise with such fury out of nowhere and disappear just as quickly. I told them of the vision I had in the ruined city. [...] They've agreed to send an expedition. | „ |
- Razma of Shem
Description[]
Relic Hunters are literally just that: a band of tomb raiders, plunderers, treasure seekers and daredevils scavenging the ancient ruins of the Exiled Lands.
They are among the oldest, most established and powerful human factions in the game, with a strong affiliation towards Set, as indicated by the Set Priests found in Sepermeru.
The faction is comprised of Shemites, Stygians, Hyrkanians, Hyborians, Zamorians, Zingarans and Kushites.
The Relic Hunters terrorize the Exiled Lands in search of slaves or treasures, pillaging ruins, camps and hideouts along the way. They tend to cover their faces with darkened silk and wield many large pockets to store their loot. Others wear the insignia and robes of Set and perform grueling rituals on the steps of their temple, doubtlessly influenced by the nearby dead city of the Giant-Kings. Many of their members are also prepared to whip any fool they capture in the desert into submission and intimidate them in the dressings of primitive slavemasters, barely covering their muscular, darkened skin.
Their Isle of Siptah counterparts are the Stygian Raiders, with the same stats across the board.
Notes and sub-factions[]
Relic Hunters as a Faction inhabit Sepermeru and are passive unless attacked and generally respond hostile to nearby groups getting attacked as well. but they have several hostile sub-factions focusing on different areas on the map:
- in the north-western savanna as Relic Hunter Slavetakers,
- inside the Unnamed City as Relic Hunter Treasure Seekers surrounding human mini-bosses like Ness of Shem.
- Relic Hunter Treasure Seekers in the Wine Cellar dungeon,
- as well as Bandits, like Bandit Leaders, Prowlers, Plunderers and Thugs in Sepermeru.
Relic Hunter Slavetakers, Relic Hunter Treasure Seekers can be captured, albeit those in the Wine Cellar can be tricky in bringing them to a Wheel of Pain due to them being in a dungeon (same rules apply as if one was using a teleport).
Bandits cannot be captured. Their T1-T4 correspond with their different names: Thug (T1), Prowler (T2), Plunderer (T3), Bandit Leader (T4).
They are amongst the toughest human enemies in the Exiled Lands, with 750 HP being on par with the Votaries of Skelos Faction. T4 named NPCs of this faction like Beli the Breaker or Inigo the Vengeful land at 825 HP.
Thralls[]
Relic Hunter thralls have medium training difficulty.
They start with the following HP:
Tier | Fighters | Archers | Performers |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1500 | 1500 | 1500 |
2 | 1650 | 1650 | 1650 |
3 | 2057 | 2057 | 2057 |
4 | - | 2556 | 2556 |
Special cases:
- T4 Archers of the Relic Hunter Treasure Seekers start with 2814 HP.
- T4 Fighters of the Relic Hunter Treasure Seekers start with 3030 HP.
- Commoners and Prisoners count as T1.
- T4 Captains start with 2753 HP. They can no longer be acquired but players might still have some around.
- Relic Hunter Slavetakers have the strength of regular T1-T3 NPCs.
- Their Taskmasters are named differently: Instead of I-III, they use Apprentice (T1), Journeyman (T2) and Master (T3)
They specialize in Agility and Grit. Their base stats are as follows:
Tier | Strength | Agility | Vitality | Grit |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 15 |
Strategy[]
- Relic Hunters have the highest health of any human NPC (equal to Votaries of Skelos), and deal high amounts of damage, despite their mid-tier weapons.
- Large areas of the city are covered with archers sitting on high ground, so killing those first is a good way to avoid damage.
- attacking groups also turns nearby groups aggressive - move slowly and carefully when attacking anyone.
- Due to the large number of workers and largely unarmored enemies, raw damage trumps in a lot of fights over armor penetration.
- Bleeding and Poison is particularly effective due to their huge health pool.
- a relatively big part of the faction uses Daggers, which results in many stacks of Bleeding, plan accordingly.
- fighting with a companion brings the additional risk of pulling unintentional groups.
Headquarters[]
Camps[]
Wanderer Spawns[]
Various unnamed spawns along the savanna like:
- Relic Hunter Slavetaker Spawn 01 - near The Crowngrove.
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- Relic Hunter Slavetaker Spawn 02 - near The Crowngrove.
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- Relic Hunter Slavetaker Spawn 03 - close to the Westwall.
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- Relic Hunter Slavetaker Spawn 04 - roaming, near The Crowngrove.
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Spawns are depicted with blue triangles on the map.
Notable NPCs[]
- Mek-kamoses - Set Trainer
- Anzu the Broke (Merchant)
- Ephremis the Broker (Merchant)
- Handler PutKet'Leon (Merchant)
- Handler Thiena (Merchant)
- Hannah the Broker (Merchant)
The Purge only[]
The Purge only.
Alchemist | Hebanen the Quack | Master Alchemist Rashida | |
Archer | Ambusher Tyra | Chritis the Tracker | Fann Deg |
Armorer | Apet the Smith | Blacksmith Nepta | |
Blacksmith | Hap-Zepet Forgeguard | Teph Steeped-In-Fire | |
Carpenter | Am-Hatep of the Timber | Asunkur of the Weald | |
Cook | Karamheb of the Larder | Tap-Et the Taster | |
Performer | Luba the Luscious | Thutmekri the Dramatist | |
Fighter | Seeker Iris | ||
Priest - Set | Patep the Soothsayer | Thaumaturge Ptah-Mun | |
Smelter | Flametender Khet1 | Thunkmek Ironwrought | |
Tanner | Fell Mak-Tet | Dalina the Shielded | |
Taskmaster | Kep-Amut the Merciless1 | Tep the Unyielding1 |
Needs further testing / might not spawn yet:
- Pauna Piercing-Arrow (Archer)
- Digger Ykon (Fighter)
- Excavator Darius (Fighter)
- Seeker Iris (Fighter)
- Varnis Silverfinger (Fighter)
1 data mined, needs further testing